Zebulun — #3714 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zebulun

The Social Security Administration has registered 870 babies named Zebulun between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zebulun currently holds the #3714 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zebulun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zebulun shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zebulun in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zebulun in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 870 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.